Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misencounter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-en-counter
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bad or wrong encounter.

Example Sentences

"We had tried to meet on earlier occasions, which led to a couple of hilarious misencounters. The first time we were to meet at the Biltmore Men's Bar, (even the name is impossible today!) and I was waiting in the downstairs bar, and he was waiting in the upstairs bar, each thinking the other had stood him up!"
"As is logical, the meeting illustrates mutual differences until it becomes an emblem of a misencounter."

Etymology

From mis- + encounter.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misencounters (plural)

Questions

What does misencounter mean?: A bad or wrong encounter.
Where does misencounter come from?: From mis- + encounter.

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